The Irish standard., 1887-09-03

man in this line, he stood unrivalled
from the moment he began until he
closed his career on the road. Some
years ago Cupid besieged~ the hitherto
imp egnable fortress of Alderman Ken
nedys heart, the result of which was an
unconditional surrender on the part OF
the besieged. In 1883 he took charge
of the Fargo House, and is now doing
ali extensive business. Jim hen-
nedy has got heart in him as big as
house, and his generous nature has ana
will gain for him the best wishes OF MS
numerous circle of acquaintance. Mar
tin Ryan, is a lawyer who enjoys an ex-
tensive practice. Tim Garvey sees 'hat
everything is done in a quiet, orderly
manner, while r. Elliott, is the host OF
a house bearing his name. T. Madlgan
provides footwear for the weary trav-
eler. The following list is composed OF
persons who have done much towards
making Fargo what it is to day: w. A.
Y:rxa, James Farrell, a we'll known
railroad man. Thomas Murphy, John
Dodd, George DuQuoy, P. Kiely, H.
O'Neil, John Schlanser, T. j. Curran,
o. De Lendrecie, of the ''Luger Furnl-
ture Co.," NJ. Fl. MCGOWAN, A. H.
Burke. P. j. Mcintyre, Chas. Magill. j.
w. Bird. Richard Fields, E. A. Fltz'
gerald, John DAILY, Mrs. Mary Roach,
James McNeely, w. A. O'Neil, M.
Campbell. P. j. Kehoe, M. Shea, Audi
tor Anheier, P. E. Smith, Mrs. Mary
McDonoush, i'll charge of the Washing
ton House, d. Shields, A. N. Stern, M.
H. Luther, Con O'Keefe, and last, but
not least, genial Joe Lamont, OF the
Headquarters Hotel.
MoORHEAD.
Moorhead, across the Red River from
Fargo. and on the Minnesota side,
might be said to be the only dangerous
rival that that city has ever had. 1t has
a population of about $500. The mayor
of the city is a good Irishman, and his
name is Lamb. The city at the present
time is quiet, but the citizens have any
amount of faith in the future of Moor
head, and reasonably so. In this city
there is a G tholic Church, and several
religious societies in connection with
the church. The services are we'll at
tended Among the prominent Irish
men whom we met is II. Hannafn, who
has been roadmaster on the Manitoba
road for great many years. Mr.. Han
nafin has a great many friends, and he
deserves them, too. Nj. O'Connell is a
foreman on the n. p. road, and has held
the same position for over 13 years. A
service extending over so many years
tells It's own tale. John Barrett, j.
Mallory, T. Costello, II. Nj. Sloggy and
John Early are among Moorhead's most
respected citizens. The latter gentle
man has large brick yard, and is also
one of the heavy farmers of this section.
GRAND FORKS.
Grand Forks, to use the words of the
poet. is city (Which none surpasses
for honest men and bonnie lasses.'' It
is busy city and boasts of popula-
tion of 1000. It is one of the few of the
Northwest which at no time in their
history have had mushroom growth.
Even so late as 1873 Grand Forks had
but a few hundred where now it has
thousands. For the reason that it has
never had a forced growth one can
readily understand the citizens when
they say that they know nothing about
hard times. Property is on the increase,
and the prospects for a great city in the
future are good. Grand Forks is met
ropolitan in appearance. The people
dress equally as we'll the citizens of
New York, and perhaps little more
comfortable. We noticed that next to
dilating on the great natural advan:
tages enjoyed by the city there is moth
ing the average citizen takes 50 much
pleasure in talking about as the ssgreat
cyclone" And sure enough it was
cyclone. 1t considered nothing in it's
ravaging course. Even the churches
were not too sacred a subject upon
which to spend it's fury. St. Michael's
Church, which cost about $4,000, was
almost totally destroyed. Other build
ings suffered in a like manner. Grand
Forks has large Catholic population.
Rev. Father Conaty is their spiritual
adviser, and is very popular among
Protestants as we'll as Catholics. The
church site-St. Michael's-is a dona-
tion from Captain L. Mccormack, who
is now secretary of Dakota territory.
Besides presenting the site he also gave
$500 in cash towards the erection of the
church.. This was only a few years
ago, and Father Shivere was then pas.
tor. Since that time the Catholic
Church has achieved wondrous pros
perity in Grand Forks. From small
trees great acorns grow on the sane
principle the Church in this city has
from anhumble beginning become one of